Barnacles are stationary animals found in the Commonwealth and on the Island in 2287.
Background
Barnacles are usually much larger than the smaller crustaceans that can often be found beside them. They can be encountered in coastal regions of the Commonwealth and the Island. They can be easy to miss due to their dark shell coloration, making them resemble rocks and harder to spot when traversing coastal terrain. Before the war, toxicity levels had been steadily rising in barnacle specimens, reported by the Nahant Oceanological Society as more than 34% above those in control tanks.[1]
Characteristics
Biology
The barnacle is protected by an extremely hard exterior shell that protects it from predators. Its outer shell has a dark green tint and closer to the mouth is tinted red. These barnacles have developed a unique defense mechanism that causes them to release a small cloud of radiation when they sense danger.
Gameplay attributes
Upon approaching it, the barnacle releases a radioactive cloud that irradiates the Sole Survivor at a rate of +30 rads/s for a few seconds. The player character can activate the barnacle and cause it to release its radiation cloud if it hasn't been triggered yet. It cannot be attacked or destroyed like other conventional traps or trap-like entities.
Appearances
Barnacles appear in Fallout 4 and its add-on Far Harbor.
Behind the scenes
The barnacle was designed by Gabrielle Adams and created in ZBrush.
Gallery
References
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| West Coast
(Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout (TV series)) | | Alien · Bighorner (Bighorner bull, Bighorner calf) · Bird · Bloatfly (Legendary bloatfly) · Brahmin · Cazador (Young cazador, Legendary cazador) · Centaur (Evolved centaur) · Chicken · Coyote (Coyote alpha male, Coyote den mother, Coyote pup) · Deathclaw (Baby deathclaw, Young deathclaw, Blind deathclaw, Deathclaw alpha, Mother deathclaw, Intelligent deathclaw, Legendary deathclaw) · Deer · Dog (Cyberdog, Legion Mongrel, Vicious dog) · Fire ant (Fire ant worker, Fire ant soldier, Ant queen) · Floater · Fly · Gecko (Hunter gecko, Fire gecko, Golden gecko, Little gecko) · Ghost people (Ghost harvester, Ghost seeker, Ghost trapper) · Ghoul (Feral ghoul roamer, Feral ghoul reaver, Glowing one, Feral trooper ghoul) · Giant ant (Giant worker ant, Giant soldier ant, Giant ant queen) · Giant catfish · Giant rat (Mole rat, Pig rat) · Gulper · Hog · Human · Lobotomite) · Lakelurk · Leech · Mantis (Giant mantis, Giant mantis nymph, Giant mantis female) · Marked man · Night stalker (Young night stalker, Den mother, Legendary night stalker) · Radroach · Radscorpion (Bark scorpion, Bark scorpion hunter, Small radscorpion, Giant radscorpion, Radscorpion queen) · Raven · Rattlesnake (Twinjaw Rattler) · Slags · Spore carrier (Spore carrier savage, Spore carrier brute, Spore carrier runt) · Spore plant · Super mutant (Mariposa) (Super mutant master, Nightkin) · Wanamingo · Tunneler (Tunneler queen) · Wolf · Yao guai | | East Coast
(Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, Fallout Tactics 2) | | Abomination · Alien · Alien squid · Alien worm · Angler · Barnacle · Beaver · Bee swarm · Bird · Bloatfly · Bloodbug · Bloodworm · Blue Devil · Brahmin · Brahmiluff · House cat · Cave cricket · Centaur · Chicken · Crow · Deathclaw · Dog (Mongrel) · Dolphish · Fire ant · Firefly · Flatwoods monster · Fly · Fog crawler · Fox · Frog · Gatorclaw · Gazelle · Ghoul (Feral ghoul, Feral ghoul reaver, Feral ghoul roamer, Glowing one, Swamp ghoul) · Appalachian Floater · Ghoulrilla · Giant ant (Giant ant queen) · Giant catfish · Gorilla · Grafton monster · Gulper · Hermit crab · Honey beast · Human · Jersey Devil (Lesser Devil) · Mega sloth · Mirelurk (Mirelurk hunter, Mirelurk king, Nukalurk, Swamplurk, Swamplurk queen) · Mole rat · Mole miner · Mothman · Mutant crocodile · Mutant hound · Mutant wanamingo · Ogua · Opossum · Overgrown (Overgrown thorn, Overgrown elder, Overgrown pollinator) · Rad chicken · Radgull · Rad rabbit · Rad-rat · Radtoad · Radroach · Radscorpion (Albino radscorpion, Giant radscorpion) · Radstag · Scorched · Scorchbeast · Snallygaster · Squirrel · Stingwing · Tick · Super mutant (Vault 87) (Super mutant behemoth, Super mutant brute, Super mutant master, Super mutant overlord) · Super mutant (Institute) · Super mutant (Huntersville) · Swampfolk · Trog · Wendigo · Wolf · Yao guai | | Midwest
(Fallout Tactics, Van Buren) | | Badger · Boom bug · House cat · Brahmin · Dog · Electro-beetle · Endless walker · Gehenna · Ghoul (Born ghoul, Feral ghoul, Glowing one) · Giant albino ant (Giant albino ant queen) · Giant leech · Giant rat · Giant wasp · Hairy deathclaw (Baby hairy deathclaw) · Human · Komodo dragon · Molech · Mountain lion · Mutant cannibal · Raccoon · Radroach · Radscorpion · Radtoad · Trog · Super mutant (Mariposa) · Wolf | | Texas
(Fallout: BoS, Fallout: BoS 2) | | Brahmin · Coyote · Dog · Experimental deathclaw (Baby experimental deathclaw) · Ghoul (Glowing one) · Giant rat (Mole rat) · Human · Radbug · Radscorpion (glowing radscorpion, spitting radscorpion, large giant radscorpion) · Small rat · Giant rat · Super mutant (Mariposa) | | | Project V13 | | Ghoul · Human · Mutant mantis shrimp · Super mutant (Project V13) | | | Fallout Shelter | | Bat · Deathclaw · Feral ghoul · Ghoul · Human · Mole rat · Cat · Dog · Parrot · Radroach · Radscorpion · Super mutant |
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